831–6

Conversation No. 831-6

Date: January 3, 1973
Time: Unknown time between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time after 11:00 am.

Second term reorganization
-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
-Atomic Energy Commission [AEC]
-Office of the Science Advisor
-Outside job opportunity
-Meeting with the President
-The President's schedule
-1973 Inauguration
-David M. Abshire
-David
-AEC
-Special recognition
-James D. Hodgson
Departure
John D. Ehrlichman
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

Haldeman talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.

[Conversation No. 831-6A]

Hodgson
-Plans

[End of telephone conversation]

Second term reorganization
-Hodgson
-New position
-Robert H. Finch
-Governor
-Law firm
-Charles W. Colson
-Size
-Miscalculations
-Reception for Californians
-Blair House
-Leonard K. Firestone
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Murray M. Chotiner


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-Congressional races
-Chotiner’s assistance
-Contributions

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-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Herbert G. Klein
-Walter H. Annenberg
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-James S. Copley
-Gannett news service
-Retention
-Counselor
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Advocacy
-Compared to Colson
-Local editors
-Problems
-Publishers
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Departure
-Gen. Brent B. Scowcroft
-The President’s confidence
-Haig’s departure
-Kissinger
-Scowcroft
-Abilities
-Office management
-White House staff cuts
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Reassignments to agencies
-Price
-Use of White House
-Ziegler
-Kissinger's staff
-Haig
-Responsibilities
-Chad
-Upper Volta
-Colson
-Klein
-Ziegler
-Kissinger
-Price
-Visits by departing staffers
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

The President’s schedule
-Cabinet
-The President's meeting with new Secretaries
-Confirmations
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield

Roberto Clemente memorial fund
-Pittsburgh Pirates
-Daniel M. Galbreath
-Willie Stargell
-Dave Giusti
-The President's schedule
-Meeting
-Timing

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:00 am.

The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

Clemente memorial fund
-White House staff awareness
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-George Allen
-Harry S. Truman
-Baseball

Second term reorganization
-Price
-David R. Gergen
-Lawyer
-William L. Safire
Anne L. Armstrong
-Office space
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
-George A. Lincoln
-Replacement
-Contribution on foreign policy
-NSC
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Kissinger
-Space Council
-Books on presidency
-Clinton Rossiter
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Institutionalization
-Truman
-Eisenhower
-Consolidation
-NSC
-Cabinet
-Vice Presidency
-Clearing the President’s schedule
-Roy L. Ash
-Camp David
-Ehrlichman’s briefing
-Congressional relations
-Cabinet
-George P. Shultz
-Economics
-Details
-Cut in White House staff
-Office space
-Counselors
-Staff
-Deputy for Haldeman
-Ehrlichman
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Lawrence M. Higby
-Past chiefs of staff
-Sherman Adams
-Jerry Persons
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Qualifications
-Political sophistication
-Age
-Young men
-Butterfield
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Ziegler
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Stephen B. Bull
-Bruce A. Kehrli
-Responsibilities
-Scheduling
-Baseball
-Big decisions
-Truman memorial service
-Assistants to the President
-Staff meetings
-Timing
-Shultz, Ehrlichman, Ash, Kissinger, William E. Timmons, Ziegler
-Purpose
-The President’s memorandum
-Meeting with Shultz
-Ehrlichman, Kissinger
-Ash, Shultz
-Agency responsibilities
-Treasury Department
-Office of Budget and Management [OMB]
-Responsibilities
-Shultz
-Counselor
-Differing role
-Testimony before Congress
-Ehrlichman, Kissinger
-OMB
-Secretary of Treasury
-Counselors
-Deputy for Haldeman
-Higby
-Responsibilities
-Chapin
-Butterfield
-Bull
-Responsibilities
-Qualifications
-Alter ego
-Bull
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Frederic V. Malek
-Potential
-Prospects
-Subcabinet appointments
-Dave N. Parker
-Qualities
-Presence
-Scowcroft
-Higby
-Butterfield
-Timmons
-Appearance
-Bull
-Thomas Hart
-Thomas C. Korologos
-Timmons
-Appearance
-Ziegler
-Compared to Gerald L. Warren
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Colson's departure
-Replacement
-Congressional relations
-Timmons
-Clark MacGregor
-George H.W. Bush
-Ehrlichman
-Shultz
-Ash
-Qualities
-Washington Post
-Retention
-Announcement
-Allegation

Watergate
-Colson
-Watergate involvement
-Haldeman's knowledge of involvement
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-E. Howard Hunt, Jr. and G. Gordon Liddy
-Perjury
-Colson
-John N. Mitchell
-Knowledge
-Jeb Stuart Magruder and Liddy
-John W. Dean, III
-Magruder
-Mitchell and Colson
-Early involvement
-Purpose of break-in
-Financial information
-Convention
-Haldeman's knowledge of Watergate
-Hunt
-Knowledge
-Liddy
-Possible testimony
-Magruder
-Possible testimony
-Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.
-Suspicions
-Job
-Dean
-Involvement in Watergate
-Magruder
-Bicentennial Commission
-Trial
-Date
-Pleas of defendants
-Congress
-Plans to investigate
-Edward M. Kennedy staff
-Donald H. Segretti
-Henry M. Jackson
-Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
-President's strategy
-Colson
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Colson
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Value to administration
-Travel
-Break-in
-Motives of defendants
-Mitchell's role in Watergate
-Colson
-Magruder
-Liddy
-Role in Watergate break-in
-Edward M. Kennedy bugging
-Protection/surveillance of Kennedy
-Report


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-Future report

Second term reorganization
-New Cabinet
-New assignments
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-William E. Simon
-Peter J. Brennan
-Claude S. Brinegar
-Anne L. Armstrong
-New responsibilities
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. [?]
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Employment in White House
-Salary
-Press relations
-Ziegler
-Spokesperson

Rose Bowl Parade
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Television [TV] coverage
-Applause of audience
-Propriety of appearance
-George Allen

Second term reorganization
-Rose Mary Woods
-Mood
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Armstrong
-Health
-Gen. Walter R. Tkach
-Cabinet dinner
-Mood
-Invitations
-Colson
-Maurice H. Stans
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Armstrong
-Appointment
-Cabinet
-Californians
-Patricia R. Hitt
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-RNC
-Texas
-Californians
-Claude S. Brinegar
-Caspar W. (“Cap”)Weinberger
-Ash
-Rose Mary Woods
-Relations with other staff members
-Butterfield
-Bull
-Camp David
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Nellie L. Yates
-Value to the President
-Stans
-Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Bull
-Relationship with Woods
-Butterfield
-New responsibilities
-Thomas Hart
-Ziegler
-Responsibilities
-1972 campaign
-Quotas
-Social office
-Old friends, family
-Stans
-Brother
-Health
-Haig
-Woods's staff
-Acker
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo's advice
-Handling
-Grievances
-Rebozo’s advice

The White House renovation
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-[First name unknown] Jones

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:00 am.

The President's schedule
-Telephone calls
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Hugh Scott

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 p.m.

White House renovation
-Shelving
-Lighting
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Chair for the President
-Mrs. Nixon
-Desks
-Dwight D. Eisenhower desk
-Residence
-Mrs. Nixon
-Third floor
-Johnson’s bar
-Kitchen
-Dining room
-Rex W. Scouten
-Bureaucrat
-Loyalty


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-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Changes in White House
-Bowling alley
-Sauna
-Whirlpool
-Scouten
-Improvements
-Expense

White House automobiles
-Woods
-Driver
-Access
-Staff access
-Ash
-OMB
-Armstrong
-Department limousines


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-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II

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Woods
-Mood
-The President’s call to Edmond S. Muskie
-Invitations
-Involvement
-Old friends
-1973 Inauguration

Press relations
-Kissinger
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Newspaper column
-John A. Scali
-[First name unknown] Wells [?]
-Max Frankel
-New York Times
-Ziegler
-Telephone calls
-Loyalty
-Letters from Harvard associates
-Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger's morale
-Mood
-Washington Post
-Congress
-Ash
-Investigation
-New York Times
-Reston
-Colson
-American Enterprise Institute [AEI]
-News summaries
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Size
-Orientation
-Human Events
-New Republic
-Martin Z. Agronsky
-Wire services
-Television networks
-Washington and New York
-Washington Post
-New York Times
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-Agronsky
-Kissinger
-Ehrlichman, Shultz, Ash
-Value
-Wall Street Journal
-Christian Science Monitor
-News magazines
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-Attitudes
-Value
-Time
-Newsweek
-U. S. News and World Report
-The President's habits
-Congressman, Senator and Vice President
-Condensation
-Projection of positive image
-1972 election victory
-Staff morale
-Vietnam War
-Bombing of North Vietnam
-Ziegler
-Settlement
-Kissinger
-Meetings with the President
-Concurrence with the President's policies
-Attitude toward bombing
-Compared to the President's attitude
-Paris negotiations
-Reston article
-Haldeman's response
-Agreement on bombing
-The President’s appearance on TV
-Cables
-Paris negotiations
-Advocacy of bombing
-Reston
-Motives for article
-The President's conversation with Ziegler
-Bombing of North Vietnam
-Impact on country
-Reston
-TV
-Congress
-1972 election victory
-Impact on supporters
-John B. Connally, William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Resumption of negotiations
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Conversation No. 831-6 (cont’d)

-L. A. Times
-Editorials
-Criticism
-[First name unknown] Murphy
-Tony Day

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:00 am.

The President's schedule
-Telephone call
-Mansfield, Hugh Scott

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

The President left at 1:00 pm.